News Briefs

2/27/2014, Adar 27, 5774

39 Dead in Baghdad Bombings

At least 31 people were killed and 50 wounded , Thursday, in the explosion of a bomb-laden motorcycle in a crowded market in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.Another five people were killed and 14 wounded in a car bombing in another part of the predominantly Shiite district.

Four were killed and 11 wounded in the Shiite Shaab district in the northern part of the city.